Patiala, Nov. 8 -- A local court here has initiated proclaimed offender (PO) proceedings against absconding Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Sanaur, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, after he failed to appear before the police authorities in connection with a rape case registered against him on September 1. The district police have already issued a lookout notice against the MLA.

Pathanmajra, the first-time MLA, has been on the run since September 2 after he escaped police custody when the Punjab Police went to Haryana's Karnal to arrest him in the rape case.

Even though the MLA has been active on social media and has even given TV interviews, the Patiala police have failed to arrest him for over two months now.

A proclamation notice issued by ...